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I can do sudden. In fact, over the last decade, I feel like it’s been my jam. The gut punch nauseating unable to stand feeling of receiving “the news” is almost…familiar. So when one of my best friends, Barb, went on hospice a few weeks ago, I felt like a total newbie. What do I […]
When our loved ones pass away it’s not uncommon to see them again – in nature, a favorite song, or a brilliant memory. The white butterflies that float through our yard while we’re playing – Chase. The blue jays that perch on our swing set and eat the bird seed – my mother-in-law. My latest […]
Here we go. I can get through this. I know they want me to try. I don’t feel like trying. This is too hard. Please make the hurting stop. I don’t have it in me. It shouldn’t be this way. But it is. So I’ll be brave. It’ll get better. I just have to keep […]
In my first book I talk about how much I love Halloween…and sarcasm. That’s right. I have never really been a fan of the frightful holiday. Masks smell weird, anything scary is the opposite of a good time and the FDA has allowed chocolate to taste even more generic and non-chocolatey than ever. But probably […]
I think there are more defined ways to say this, but for now, I’m just going to confess that I’m an introverted extrovert. My idea of a good time is to sit quietly in the corner of my home office, with an oversized blanket and a laptop, soaking up coffee and the song of tapping […]
It’s okay to have a bad day because someone you love died. I had a bit of an intervention with my husband last night. He hasn’t been himself. He seems sad. A (lot) bit detached. With the day-to-day craziness of schedules, I’d usually say we’re two ships passing but it’s more like we’re on different […]
From Blogger to Author With my first blog, Juggling Rainbows, I was hiding. It didn’t feel like it at the time. Everything I wrote was raw and honest and I poured every bit of my feelings into it. But there was an overarching title to it and that gave me a bit of an invisible […]
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